Nymph Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Giant Waterbugs (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) of South Africa Compiled by Martin H. Villet Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa & Patrick Reavell Department of Botany, University of Zululand, South Africa

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Adult male with eggs on back Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

Family: BELOSTOMATIDAE

1. Genus: DIPLONYCHUS (= SPHAERODERMA )
   1. D. capensis (Mayr)

      Appasus capensis Mayr 1871: 36.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Northern Province; December to April.

      
      
   2. D. grassei Poisson

      Sphaeroderma grassei Poisson 1937: 127.
      KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province; April.

      
      
   3. D. procera (Gerstaecker)

      Sphaerodema procera Gerstaecker 1873: 24.
      KwaZulu-Natal; December and January.

      
      
   4. D. nepoides Fabricius

      Spaerodema nepoides Fabricius 17**: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: LIMNOGETON
   1. L. fieberi Mayr

      Limnogeton fieberi Mayr 1853: 17.
      KwaZulu-Natal; December.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: HYDROCYRIUS
   1. H. columbiae columbiae Spinola

      Hydrocyrius columbiae Spinola 1852: 147.
      Western Cape, to Zambia; December.

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: LETHOCERUS
   1. L. niloticus Stål

      Lethocerus niloticus Stål 18**: **.

      = Lethocerus cordofanus Mayr 1852: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal: **.